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Special guests: People of the Wind

Evritiki Zygia to tear up Fuzz Club with high-energy Thracian psychedelic folk music on Sunday 10th April, 2022.

«The result is a series of Thunderous bagpipe and synth workouts, surging along on rhythms that were always already devoted to all night revels, trance and altered states.»
Wire magazine

«The combination of gaïda, kaval, lyra and davul is brilliant, and these musicians are really on top of their game. This is a fascinating and exciting excursion into a little-known musical tradition now undergoing a renaissance.»
Songlines

Wildly talented band Evritiki Zygia, is headed to Athens for the ultimate concert experience and promises to break boundaries with captivating and ecstatic music on Sunday 10th April, 2022.

Evritiki Zygia was founded in 2007 by five musicians who played mostly in local festivals, their main concern being the preservation and evolution of the Thracian musical tradition. It consists of primitive musical instruments deeply rooted in the tradition and mind of the Thracian locals – the bagpipe, the lyra, the kaval, the davul. Ιnstruments intertwined for thousands of years with Thrace, forming an integral part in the life cycle of the Thracians – joy, sadness, marriage, death, work, migration.

The collaboration with Teranga Beat helped this project evolve even further. Forms of arrangement different than the ones used in local feasts and festivals, were introduced giving more space to the dynamics of the instruments and allowing musicians to show both their improvisational and compositional skills. The distinctively psychedelic element of Thracian music was enhanced with the introduction of the CRB-Diamond 800 organ and the Moog, giving the whole project a hybrid sound with a unique identity. The album contains both covers of traditional songs and original compositions and was recorded on an analog 24-track tape Otari MX80. It is a live recording that captures the energy of the group’s live performances.

Links:
Website – www.evritikizygia.gr
Facebook – www.facebook.com/evritikizygia
YouTube – www.youtube.com/channel/UCrpzo7LlsgwhG9etvVFM3Jg/feed

Norway’s mastermind producer and synth wizard Todd Terje, “King of neo – disco”, will be joining us in Athens for an exclusive Dj sci-fi set at Fuzz Club on Sunday 6th March, 2022.

MASTER OF SPACE DISCO ❯❯ TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF TODD

TODD TERJE (NO)

Following a string of celebrated releases leaning on everything from kitschy euro sounds to deep funk and latin jazz, the relatively new to the scene Todd Terje has already made his mark within dance music circuits. Gems such as the cheese monster “Eurodans” and the latin disco-fuelled edit of Jacko’s “Can’t Help it” under his Tangoterje edit-moniker instantly made industry types and clubbers alike go bananas, and whatever the Norwegian puts his fingers on, it always comes out with that crucial blend of musicality and playfulness. Besides working on his own projects, Terje’s played on some of Prins Thomas’ tracks, and not to mention his remix of the Lindstrøm 12″ “Another Station”. Is it house, funk, techno or disco? Terje speaks of catchy rhythms, dubby sounds, dreamy synth layers, cinematic moods, a playful approach and searching for that one nerve when asked to describe his music, and the resistance to being pigeonholed is obvious.

Links:
Website – www.toddterje.com
Facebook – www.facebook.com/ToddTerje
Twitter – www.twitter.com/toddterjeolsen
Instagram – www.instagram.com/toddterje
Soundcloud – www.soundcloud.com/toddterje

CHEVY (GR)

Chevy aka Vassilis Sevdalis is a DJ based in Athens, Greece. With an experience of more than twenty years is among the steadiest presences in the local music community. He has cooperated with too many local artists and supported a respectable number of international acts in some of the most famous venues and festivals of the country and he had also performed abroad (Cyprus, Bulgaria, France). Nowadays his sound is electronic disco, house and indie-dance but you can often find him spinning eclectic, freestyle sets. He is a resident at ‘six d.o.g.s’, one the city’s musical cornerstones, he runs his mobile party/music platform ‘Needless’ and delivers the goods to

radio stations and websites.

https://www.facebook.com/chevy.athens/
https://www.mixcloud.com/vsevdalis/
https://sixdogs.gr/artists/118
http://movement.radio/artist/chevy
https://www.instagram.com/vassilis_sevdalis/

Deaf Ears Disco Cult (GR)

Deaf Ears Disco Cult is the new project from Christos Aggelopoulos (Mr. Stinson) and Thanasis Besinis (Pene) which focuses on the darker and slower side of the club night. While always paving their separate ways on parallel projects it was the quarantine that brought them together and a pact was formed to explore the late night sonics of the underground. The mission is simple, no cheese – no hits, just the pure essence of getting lost in the dance floor without genre limitations.

Anything goes – Always Dancing

Facebook – www.facebook.com/Deafearsdiscocult/

Amazing multi talented instrumentalist Mezerg, a pioneer of modern music technology and one of the most creative musicians you’re likely to come across, is coming to Athens with his unique and brilliant sounds at Fuzz Club on Saturday 18th December, 2021.

“Mezerg Creates A Watermelon Piano And It Sounds Brilliant”
The Music Man

Mezerg is the viral piano sensation and creator of PianoBoomBoom, a heady mix of piano skills and 4/4 dancefloor beats. He started making a name for himself a few years back with home-made videos where you could see him in action like a one-man orchestra, making electronic music from unexpected elements, with rhythms that ranged from funk to acid techno, improvising with keyboards, effects pedals and the theremin which has become emblematic of his project. Hands and feet linked to his instrument, he merges the electronic with the acoustic to create an impressive and unique live performance that you can’t take your eyes off.
Somewhere between house music and an acoustic performance, this nightlife one-man band pays homage to both the jazz bars and the nightclubs of this world with a whirlwind of energy and irresistible sounds.

Links:
Website – www.mezerg1.bandcamp.com
Facebook – www.facebook.com/Mezerg
Twitter – www.twitter.com/mezerg_
Instagram – www.instagram.com/mezerg

Manchester powerhouse IAMDDB, the cult ‘urban jazz’ queen who harmonises with Trap and Hip-Hop and one of the most promising artists on the British scene, is coming to Athens at Fuzz Live Music Club on Thursday 16th December, 2021.

“IAMDDB is the lovechild of trap and jazz” Dazed

“Taking jazz into the future” GQ

“The most exciting artist to watch” BEATS 1

“Diana Debrito’s fierce mix of hip-hop, trap and jazz has the critics buzzing” The Guardian

Some artists are so in tune with themselves that it’s impossible to escape their charms. That’s the case of Manchester rapper-singer Diana De Brito, aka IAMDDB, who’s been climbing the ranks within urban music since she was featured on BBC Music’s Sound of 2018 list.

Acutely raw and personal across all of her work, De Brito’s sound is like an urban siren song. She calls it urban jazz, but it’s actually a fierce mix of hip-hop, pounding trap and soul with a raspy voice shining in a versatile pantheon of beats and instrumental accents. It’s not hard to imagine why De Brito has critics in turmoil.

Reconnecting and reinventing are two aspects IAMDDB keeps at the core of her creativity. An artist defined by her songs of fierce female empowerment, representation and self-acceptance, Debrito has earned her a reputation as one of the most promising artists on the British urban scene. Her music has garnered over 20 million streams on Spotify and, most recently, she popped up on Forbes’ hugely influential 30 Under 30 – an annual list that recognises the most exciting young talent from Europe. In 2019 she released her spectacular album “Swervvvvv.5”, and made a catchy collaboration with Diplo, “Mira Mira”.

Links:
Website – www.waeveybby.com
Facebook – www.facebook.com/IAMDDB
Twitter – www.twitter.com/beeechimblind
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iamddb

New wave post -punk Motorama are headed to Athens on 7 December 2021 at Gagarin 205 w/ special guests: De Ambassade

“Our band is about 60s, 70s, 80s Soviet rock and new wave music but in English”

“Russian’s underground post-punk heroes”
Time Out

“…billed as the Country’s most promising musical export and quite rightly so. Skilfully combining some memorable pop melodies with driving post-punk attitude…”

Louder than war

“It would be preposterous if the result didn’t sound so sublime.”
BBC

Motorama (RU)
Motorama is a Russian post-punk band heading from Rostov-on-Don. The band was formed in 2005 and received popularity not only in Russia but also abroad, especially in Europe, Latin America and Asia. The fifth album “Many Nights” was released in September 2018 followed by the launch of their own label I’m Home Records early 2020.

Links:
Website – www.wearemotorama.com
Facebook – www.facebook.com/wearemotorama
Instagram – www.instagram.com/wearemotorama/
YouTube – www.youtube.com/user/motoramaofficial/

De Ambassade (NL)
Distant, cold songs about lost love with a distinct experimental sound and haunting hollow Dutch vocals soaked in reverb make each of their songs instantly identifiable as De Ambassade.
After the unannounced release of their first single, the group was shrouded in mystery while the Dutch scene was demanding for more releases to its likeness. A shadow play set against a smokescreen decor with vintage synths, creating a grimm atmosphere invoking feelings of emptiness, dystopia that feels peculiarly comfortable.

Links:
Facebook – www.facebook.com/ambassade2/
Soundcloud – https://soundcloud.com/deambassade
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/de_ambassade_/
Bandcamp – https://knekelhuis.bandcamp.com/…/de-ambassade-duistre…

Grammy award winning artist Pi’erre Bourne,one of the most sought-after producers in hip-hop and trap, is coming to Athens with his addictive beats at Gagarin 205 on Thursday 11th November, 2021.

“What makes Pi’erre stand out from his peers is the pure simplicity of his beats.”
SBNATION

Since moving from Columbia, South Carolina, to Atlanta, Georgia in 2014, the artist and producer better known as Pi’erre Bourne has completed what seems like a lifetime’s music industry experience. He’s finished an engineering program, created “portable studios” to record artists for some extra cash, interned at Hustle Gang, engineered for Epic Records, quit engineering for Epic Records, become the go-to producer for rising Atlanta rap talent Young Nudy (who happens to be 21 Savage’s cousin), and, most notably, served as the secret sauce to Playboi Carti’s self-titled debut mixtape, producing six of the tape’s 15 tracks, including the monumental hide-it-in-my-sock anthem “Magnolia.” And somehow, in-between all of this and more, he’s recorded and released his own solo projects: three tapes in his The Life Of Pi’erre series on which he demonstrates his melodic deftness, lacing sung bars in and out of his own space-y and sparse, neon-chord blotted production that makes you feel like you’re speeding down the Milky Way. On March 14th 2021, Pi’erre Bourne has received his first Grammy Award for his work on Kanye West’s album “Jesus Is King”.

Links:
Website – www.yopierre.com
Facebook – www.facebook.com/pierrebourne
Twitter – www.twitter.com/pierrebourne
Instagram – www.instagram.com/pierrebourne

German electronic producer and visual artist Christian Löffler, is headed to Athens for an immersive live performance of euphoric minimal techno at Fuzz Live Music Club on Wednesday 3rd November, 2021.

“Gorgeous slice of electronic, ambient and techno”
Magnetic Magazine

“Channels ambient aesthetic in an undeniable way”
EarMilk

“His music is as intriguing as addictive, as thoughtful as uplifting”
C-Heads

“All my music is connected by a gloomy spirit, which is minted by a warm sincerity. I try to merge all kinds of different acoustic colors to obtain this feeling in my music”
Christian Löffler

Christian Löffler, a prolific musician and producer, has always been driven by a desire to be creative through unique ambiences. The self-taught electronic composer began creating music at the ripe age of 14, spending subsequent years developing and perfecting deep and moving sounds that produce music for the body and for the soul. Combining euphoria with introspection, he has become known for a highly emotive sound that uses deep house as its stylistic framework. Influenced by light, wide-open spaces, nature and an exploration of the concept of getting lost; he blends wistful melodies, drum machines, and found sound into a wandering, melancholic mélange. The result is slow-burn, warm minimal techno. Sincere and organic, it is also spacious and fantastic. His music is a concentration of essentials.

Löffler’s music has been streamed over 55 million times and the artist has performed alongside notable acts like Αlt-J, Bonobo, The Glitch Mob, Jungle, Noisia, Chet Faker, Son Lux, Axwell ∆ Ingrosso, Hardwell, and ZHU at renowned festivals worldwide.

Links:
Website – www.christian-loeffler.net
Facebook – www.facebook.com/christianloefflerofficial
Twitter – www.twitter.com/chris_loeffler
Instagram – www.instagram.com/christianloeffler
YouTube – www.youtube.com/user/medikit2

Parra for Cuva

“Richly textured euphoric soundscapes of electronic music”
Plastic Magazine

Nicolas Demuth, better known as Parra for Cuva, is a wildly talented young musician born in Cologne. He has developed an artistic and musical individuality not common in the indistinguishable mass of the electronic music scene.

Indulging in his relentless fascination for sound and harmony, Nicolas commenced his quest for music at a very young age. Starting with classical piano and taking stops in Jazz, Pop and Indie music, the young artist soon developed a strong passion for electronic music that made him leave the countryside and move to big and creative Berlin. Using musical instruments, synthesizers and digital music editing, the audio designer masters the art of creating intelligent, intertwined music pieces from melodies, soft beats and sounds that he records in daily life. His personal catalogue has steadily shaped into a collection of slow, well-mended and melody-laden electronica that lets one’s heart and soul dance side by side with body and brain.

Links:
Website – www.parraforcuva.de
Facebook – www.facebook.com/parraforcuva.official
Instagram – www.instagram.com/parra_for_cuva
Twitter – www.twitter.com/Parra_for_Cuva
YouTube – www.youtube.com/user/ParraforCuva

Sensational contemporary harpist, Mary Lattimore, is coming to Athens with her gentle ambience for a unique dreamscape show on the 3rd August 2021 at the National Observatory.

The performance of Mary Lattimore will take place in front of the historical Sinas building of the National Observatory of Athens, founded in 1846 and situated on the sacred hill of the Nymphs.
During the evening the summer constellations, such as Lyra, Cygnus and Scorpio, will be visible on the celestial sphere and the planets Saturn and Jupiter could be observed at the eastern horizon.
The concert will be followed by stargazing with the refractor telescope Doridis, established in 1902 and located on the hill of Pnyx, with a wonderful view of the Acropolis.

Mary Lattimore is a harpist living in Los Angeles. She experiments with her Lyon and Healy Concert Grand harp and effects. Her solo debut, The Withdrawing Room, was released in 2013 on Desire Path Recordings. Lattimore also writes harp parts for songs and recordings, performing and recording with such great artists as Meg Baird, Thurston Moore, Sharon Van Etten, Jarvis Cocker, Kurt Vile, Steve Gunn, Ed Askew and Fursaxa.

Her 2014 record Slant of Light with guitarist/synth player/producer Jeff Zeigler was released by Thrill Jockey, which was followed by the two collaborating on a track for Ghostly Swim 2. Mary and Jeff also composed a score to Philippe Garrels 1968 experimental silent film Le Revelateur, and debuted it in Marfa, Texas along with the film. Her debut solo record for Ghostly International, At The Dam, was recorded during stops along a road trip across America and released in March 2016.

The next year, she compiled sounds from her past life in Philadelphia for a cassette tape titled Collected Pieces. Following an appearance at Moogfest, she was invited by Sigur Ros to perform at their festival, Norður og niður, in Iceland. During a break from those events, she was awarded a residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco, where she recorded Hundreds of Days.
Released in May 2018 to acclaim from the likes of NPR, Pitchfork, and The New Yorker, Hundreds of Days presented an expression of mystified gratitude for the natural world. She capped off the banner year — which included international tours with Iceage and Kurt Vile, a performance with Harold Budd at Big Ears Festival, and an appearance on Billboard’s New Age charts — with two collaborative albums released on Three Lobed Recordings, one with Meg Baird and the other with Mac McCaughan. In January 2019, she shared Hundreds of Days Remixes, a collection featuring reworks by Steve Moore, Jónsi, Julianna Barwick, Alex Somers, Paul Corley, and others.

Silver Ladders, her third LP on Ghostly, sees Lattimore arriving at her most confident work to date, expanding her style of instrumental storytelling with the help of producer and guitarist Neil Halstead (Slowdive, Mojave 3). Recorded in Halstead’s studio near an old English surftown just before lockdown, the songs on Silver Ladders reflect Lattimore’s vivid memories against the gloom and glimmer of the ocean.

Links:
Website – ghostly.com/artists/mary-lattimore
Facebook – www.facebook.com/harpistmarylattimore/
Twitter – twitter.com/marylattimore
Instagram – www.instagram.com/maryoverthere/

Boundless electronica and techno producer Max Cooper, is coming to Athens at one of the capital’s most iconic venues, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, for an immersive Audio – Visual experience on Tuesday 6th July 2021.

“Recalls Philip Glass, Aphex Twin’s most serene moments and even Henryk Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3”
Resident Advisor

“Incredibly intense”
Pitchfork

“Impossibly gorgeous … searching for the perfect balance between cripplingly beautiful electronica and club-tooled dance music”
Fact

“Always pushing the boundaries of what’s possible…thoughtful, inspiring…projecting his peerless artistic vision”
BBC 6Music

“Stunning … showcasing his ability to create breath-taking electronic music that transcends the dancefloor”
Mixmag

Max Cooper will bring a fusion of art, science and music. For the first time ever, pulsing electronica to knife-edge techno will blast through the historic walls of the Ancient Theater, while hypnotic optics are being projected on this iconic background as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival 2021.

Few have been so successful in interrogating and furthering the intersection between electronic music, visual art, technology and science in the past decade as Max Cooper. Working with collaborators and large-scale institutions like the Barbican, Zaha Hadid Architects and Dolby Atmos, Cooper has developed a mixed-media approach to creation. Whether walk-through light installations, groundbreaking use of 4D sound, or club-ready techno releases, Cooper’s output of electronic exploration makes use of available technology while referencing that which came before it, and does so in a human way.

Synthesising his interests and presenting it in an accessible way that defies conventional format, Cooper explores concepts of emergence, identity and infinity to create an immersion of sound, vision and concept that can totally remove you from your normal experience of reality and put you somewhere new. At the core, Max Cooper’s mission as a musician, a DJ and an interdisciplinary artist is all about provoking a greater understanding.

Links:
Website – www.maxcooper.net
Facebook – www.facebook.com/maxcoopermax
Instagram – www.instagram.com/maxcoopermax
Twitter – www.twitter.com/maxcoopermax